healthchecksio_update_check
Update check
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UPDATES an existing check by UUID — this MODIFIES live monitoring config. Send only the fields you want to change (timeout and schedule remain mutually exclusive). Healthchecks: POST /checks/{uuid}. Returns the updated check.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| uuid | string | yes | The check's UUID to update. |
| name | string | no | Human-readable name for the check. |
| slug | string | no | URL slug (used for slug-based ping URLs). |
| tags | string | no | Space-separated list of tags, e.g. "prod db backups". |
| desc | string | no | Free-form description of the check. |
| timeout | integer | no | Expected period between pings, in seconds (60..31536000). Mutually exclusive with `schedule`. |
| grace | integer | no | Grace time in seconds after the deadline before the check goes down. |
| schedule | string | no | Cron expression for the expected ping schedule (e.g. "15 5 * * *"). Mutually exclusive with `timeout`; requires `tz`. |
| tz | string | no | Server's timezone for the cron `schedule`, e.g. "Europe/Riga". |
| manual_resume | boolean | no | If true, a paused check does not auto-resume on the next ping (resume manually). |
| methods | string | no | Allowed ping HTTP methods: "" (any) or "POST" (POST-only). |
| channels | string | no | Integrations to assign: "*" for all, or a comma-separated list of integration ids. |
| unique | array | no | Dedupe fields — if a check already matches on these (e.g. ["name"]), it is returned instead of created. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"uuid": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The check's UUID to update."
},
"name": {
"description": "Human-readable name for the check.",
"type": "string"
},
"slug": {
"description": "URL slug (used for slug-based ping URLs).",
"type": "string"
},
"tags": {
"description": "Space-separated list of tags, e.g. \"prod db backups\".",
"type": "string"
},
"desc": {
"description": "Free-form description of the check.",
"type": "string"
},
"timeout": {
"description": "Expected period between pings, in seconds (60..31536000). Mutually exclusive with `schedule`.",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 60,
"maximum": 31536000
},
"grace": {
"description": "Grace time in seconds after the deadline before the check goes down.",
"type": "integer",
"minimum": -9007199254740991,
"maximum": 9007199254740991
},
"schedule": {
"description": "Cron expression for the expected ping schedule (e.g. \"15 5 * * *\"). Mutually exclusive with `timeout`; requires `tz`.",
"type": "string"
},
"tz": {
"description": "Server's timezone for the cron `schedule`, e.g. \"Europe/Riga\".",
"type": "string"
},
"manual_resume": {
"description": "If true, a paused check does not auto-resume on the next ping (resume manually).",
"type": "boolean"
},
"methods": {
"description": "Allowed ping HTTP methods: \"\" (any) or \"POST\" (POST-only).",
"type": "string"
},
"channels": {
"description": "Integrations to assign: \"*\" for all, or a comma-separated list of integration ids.",
"type": "string"
},
"unique": {
"description": "Dedupe fields — if a check already matches on these (e.g. [\"name\"]), it is returned instead of created.",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
}
},
"required": [
"uuid"
],
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#"
}